Digital Empowerment Summit - Atlanta, Georgia

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July 25, 2008
Leaders of Four Metro Atlanta Municipalities Outline Broadband Goals at Alliance for Digital Equality's Digital Empowerment Summit 2008
ATLANTA, July 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The leaders of four metro Atlanta municipalities gave highlights of their broadband initiatives at the first ever Digital Empowerment Summit, hosted by The Alliance for Digital Equality (ADE). The well attended event, moderated by Rodney Ellis, State Senator of Texas and ADE Board Member and Maria Saporta, Columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, featured business and community leaders and elected officials Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, Fulton County Commissioner Chairman John Eaves, Jr., Clayton County Commissioner Chairman Eldrin Bell and Vernon Jones, CEO of Dekalb County Government.

July 3, 2008
New 'digital divide' could be at hand
by Atlanta Journal-Constitution
By Bob Keefe, The Atlanata Journal Constitution

The number of Americans with high-speed Internet access at home continues to grow - except among African-American and low-income households.

A report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project says that the percentage of Americans with broadband Internet service at home jumped from 47 percent last year to 55 percent in May. That percentage crossed the 50 percent mark last September.

June 3, 2008
The Alliance for Digital Equality Holds Mid-Year Board Retreat and Appoints NFL's Harold Henderson and Energy Technology Executive Brian Bradford to Board of Advisors
The Alliance for Digital Equality held it's Mid-Year Board Meeting in Atlanta May 30-31, 2008 and Chairman Julius H. Hollis and The Board of Directors of The Alliance for Digital Equality today announced the appointment of two new Board members -- Harold Henderson and Brian Bradford.